Washing-machine



'A. G. ANDERSON.

WASHING MACHINE.

No Model.)

No. 494,665. Patented Apr. 4, 1893.

NITE STATES PATENT Fries.

ALBERT GRANT ANDERSON, OF KERRVILLE, TEXAS.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 494,665, dated April 4,1893.

Application filed January 11, 1893. Serial No. 458,073. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern-.-

Beitknown that I, ALBERT GRANT ANDER- SON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Kerrville, in the county of Kerr and State of Texas,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines;and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon, which form a partof this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in washingmachines of that class in which is employed a rotary agita tor or dasherwith blades, and it has for its obj ectsamong others to provide animproved construction whereby better results are attained, theconstruction simplified and made cheaper, less liable to becomeinoperative or injured and easier to operate. I provide a cover aportion of which is hinged and carries the operating parts so that thewhole may be thrown up when desired to gain access to the tub. Thesupporting standard is of novel construction, having a guide for thetoothed segment and a pair of lugs in which is pivoted the connectingportion of the segment. The operating segment is arranged horizontallywhereby it is more easily operated and greater power obtained.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appearand the novel features thereof will bespecifically defined by theappended claim.

The invention in the present instance resides in the peculiarcombinations, and the construction, arrangement and adaptation of partsall as more fully hereinafter described, shown in the drawings and thenparticularly pointed out in the claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of thisspecification and in which Figure l is a perspective view of my improvedwashing machine with the cover down. Fig.2 is a longitudinal section ofthe same.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in both of the views.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates atub or receptacle of known construction within which at a suitabledistance from the top is secured the annular flange or ring B.

C is a portion designed to be secured within the upper end of the tub inany suitable manner and resting upon the said flange or ring. To thisportion is hinged as by the hinges a the remaining portion D of the topor cover or support as shown and upon this latter portion are supportedthe operating parts of the machine. These consist of the centrallylocated socket or casting E which has a lug or lugs 0 through which passthe securing means to affix it to the portion D and through this socketor casting passes the shaft F the upper end of which is journaled in thearm G and the lower end of which carries the agitator or beater G whichmay be of any suitable or well known construction, being preferably adjustably mounted upon the shaft as seen. The arm G is arched as shown andthe lower ends of the arch secured to the portion D, the said arm beingprovided with athird member G which is arched and arranged at rightangles to and connecting with the main portion of the arm, its lower endbeing secured to the 7 portion D as shown. This third member is formedupon one side with the lugs or ears or horizontal portions g betweenwhich is pivoted the portion h of the segment H which segment is toothedupon its outer face as shown and is designed to mesh with a gear wheel Ion the shaft F. The connecting portion it of this segment is extended atboth ends or'one end to form handles or a handle it by which it is movedupon its pivot. Upon the side of the third member of the arm G oppositethe portions 9 are the like ears or lugsj between which the segmentalportion of the segment H works and by which the said segment is guided.

The operation will be readily understood from the foregoing descriptionwhen taken in connection with the annexed drawings and a furtherdetailed description thereof is not deemed necessary.

It is deemed important that the operating segment be arrangedhorizontally whereby space is economized and greater power is obtainedand at the same time rendering the machine more easily operated. Theguiding lugs of the support serve to keep the segment meshing with thegear wheel, substantially to in a true plane and to its work. as shownand described.

What I claim as new is In testimony whereof Iaifix my signature in Theherein described washing machine conpresence of two witnesses. 5 sistingof the support, the socket, the shaft, ALBERT GRANT ANDERSON the gearwheel on the shaft, the arched arm with its third member provided withlugs Witnesses:

upon opposite sides and the segment pivoted A. H. MOHARG,

in one set of lugs and guided by the other and l CHAS. J. GILLESPIE.

